Pronouns代名詞

Pronouns代名詞

Part 1 - Doris has learned how useful trees are to us and to nature. Fill in the blanks.

me      us       you      them      him      her      it

1.     Trees’ roots fasten the soil. They hold ______________ together so that it won’t be washed away. Therefore, roots provide ______________ with a safe hill slope.

2.          Miu and David planted a tropical tree outside their room. David said its broad leaves and long branches give __________________ shade. Miu said they keep

___________________ cool.

3.          I like the lemon in front of your home. It gives ________________ a good view.

4.          Don’t cut down the tree at your home. They are good for _____________________.

5.          Trees take care of our environment. We should look after _________________ well.

Part 2

1.      Does _____ (her, she) know that _____ (me, I) was absent?

2.      Please tell _____ ( he, him) _____ (I, me) have obtained a degree in Chemistry.

3.      I remember that _____ (they, them) bought the fruits from _____ (we, us).

4.      Please don't tell ______ (she, her) about _____ (I, me).

5.      _____ can swim because _____ has webbed feet.

6.      I met Alice yesterday. _____ invited _____ to her house.

7.      Jane has a cat; _____ likes to play with _____.

8.      When the dog chased John, _____ ran as fast as _____ could.

9.      My uncle works in a factory. _____ says _____ is a noisy place.

10.  They agreed amongst _____ that they would not tell anyone.

11.  You must explain _____ more clearly.

Rewrite sentences

(1) Miki/library/going/likes/to/the/./

Miki likes going to the library.

(2) father/John’s/doctor/a/is/./

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(3) school/to/going/I/before/lunch/have.my/./

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(4) goes/after dinner/shopping/mother/my/./

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(5) hard-working/is/John/studying/on/./

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(6) favourite /summer/Lily’s /season/is/./

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(7) watches/all/television/day/long/ Sammy/./

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(8) make/does/Mary/bed/her/morning/every/?/

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(9) does/father/what/do/your/?/

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(10) your/have/bring/you/homework/?/

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(11) said/teacher/you/all/of/the/should/for/work-hard/examination/!/”/”/./

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Irregular Past Tense Verbs

Directions:  Circle the correct sentence.

1)  She losed the keys.                She lost the keys.

2)  I weared my new shoes.        I wore my new shoes.

3)  My teacher read a book.        My teacher readed a book.

4)  He throwed me the ball.         He threw me the ball.

5)  I writed my name.              I wrote my name.

6)  She gived him a present.        She gave him a present.

7)  Yesterday we found our dog. Yesterday we finded our dog.

8)  I catched the ball.              I caught the ball.

9)  I blew out the candles.              I blowed out the candles.

10)  She maked her bed.               She made her bed.

11)  I drew a picture.                      I drawed a picture.

12)  My teacher telled me to          My teacher told me

      sit down.                         to sit down.

13)  He teached me a lesson.         He taught me a lesson.

14)  The baby held his toy.             The baby holded his toy.

15)  I guess I catched a cold.         I guess I caught a cold.

16)  After the bell ringed, we          After the bell rang, we

     goed home.                       went home.

17)  My mom buyed me a              My mom bought me a

     new bike.                           new bike.

Simple Present & Simple Past Tense

Simple Present & Simple Past Tense

1.      Simple Present Tens(現在式) - 現在時態主要表示：

l   現在的動作或狀態     

l   經常性的動作或狀態

l   描寫事實或真理

2. Simple Past Tense(過去式) - 過去的動作或狀態。

l   過去發生的事物

 

現在：We go now.

        Do we go now?

        He goes now.

     

  過去：He went yesterday.

        Did he go yesterday?

  *"did"是助動詞"do"的過去式，幫助說明「過去」和表示「疑問」。

  現在：Can you swim?

  過去：Could you swim last year?

  *"could"是"can"的過去式，幫助說明「過去」及「能夠」。

  現在：You may go.

  過去：You might go yesterday but why did you not go?

  *"might"是"may"的過去式，幫助說明「過去」及「可以」。

  現在：Where are you?

  過去：Where were you yesterday?

  *"were"是"are"的過去式。

 I was / you were / he was / we were / you were / they were

I  love   you. 我愛你

I   loved   you. 我以前愛你

Tom  is  a good boy. 湯是個好孩子

Tom  was  a good boy. 湯以前是個好孩子

Exercises

Change the verbs in the following sentence into past tense.

1. Yesterday, I go to the restaurant with a client.

2. We drive around the parking lot for 20 minutes in order to find a parking space.

3. When we arrive at the restaurant, the place is full.

4. The waitress asks us if we have reservations.

5. I say, "No, my secretary forgets to make them."

6. The waitress tells us to come back in two hours.

7. My client and I slowly walk back to the car.

8. Then we see a small grocery store.

9. We stop in the grocery store and buy some sandwiches.

10. That is better than waiting for two hours.

Correct the mistakes in the following sentences:

1.      Last night, Samantha have pizza for supper.

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2.      My pet lizard was died last month.

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3.      Yesterday I spend two hours cleaning my living room.

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4.      This morning before coming to class, Jack eats two bowls of cereal.

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5.      What was happened to your leg?

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Contractions

Contractions

When to Use Contractions

Contractions' grammar is correct when used in spoken English and informal written.

Special Points to Remember:

1.      The verb 'be' as a principal verb can also be contracted

2.      's can stand for 'is' in the present and present continuos or 'has' in the present perfect

3.      'd can stand for 'had' in the past perfect or 'would' in conditional forms

4.      The modal 'may not' is not usually contracted

Contractions' grammar concerns auxiliary verbs. Contractions are formed by shortening auxiliary verbs.

Examples:

1.      They are going to meet their friends in St. Louis.
They're going to meet their friends in St. Louis.

2.      She is not a teacher.
She isn't a teacher.

l   Present Continuous -> is / am / are:

We are watching TV.
We're watching TV.

l   Present Perfect - have / has:

Susan has not visited her friends for a long time.
Susan hasn't visited her friends for a long time.

Who has been invited to the party?
Who's been invited to the party?

l   Present tenses -> do / does:

She does not work at the supermarket.
She doesn't work at the supermarket.

l   Past tenses -> did:

Mary bought a new coat last week.

They did not attend the meeting.
They didn't attend the meeting.

l   Future tenses -> will:

He will help you with your homework.

He'll help you with your homework.

l   Present Continuous -> is / am / are:

Where is Tom working today?
Where's Tom working today?

Exercise

1.      Tom is going to come.

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2.      They will not understand this problem.

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3.      Alexander has played the guitar for many years.

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4.      Henry is not working at the moment.

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5.      We will not have time to complete the project.

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6.      She had not finished breakfast before he arrived.

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Vocabulary of Chinese New Year

Vocabulary of Chinese New Year

農曆 lunar calendar

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正月 lunar January

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除夕 New Year's Eve

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初一 the beginning of New Year

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對聯 poetic couplet

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買年貨 special purchases for the Spring Festival 

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鞭炮 firecrackers 

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紅包 red packets / red envelope

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舞獅 lion dance 

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舞龍 dragon dance 

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戲曲 traditional opera

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雜耍 vaudeville

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守歲 staying-up

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拜年 give New Year's greetings / New Year's visit

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去晦氣 get rid of the ill-fortune

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壓歲錢 gift money / money given to children as a lunar New Year gift

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除舊歲 bid farewell to the old year

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年糕 Nian-gao 

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團圓飯 family reunion dinner

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 瓜子 red melon seed

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金桔 cumquat

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糖蓮子 candied lotus seed

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花生糖 peanut candy

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餃子dumpling

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Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Sentence Pattern One

A+        be Verb +comparative adjectives+ than + B The cats     are           smaller          than  the dogs. The red roses  are      more beautiful        than  the white roses.

Practice One

1. My hair  ________    _________     _______ her hair.    (short)

2. Tom’s English ________    _________     _______ Mary’s. (good)

3. My brother  ________    _________     _______ I. (tall)

4. Love ________    _________     _______  ________ money. (important)

5. A rose ________    _________     _______  ________ a weed. (beautiful)

Sentence Pattern Two

A +       beVerb +  as adjective as   + B Her eyes   are      as   blue  as     the sky.

The pen is as expensive as the notebook.

1.          Mary is ­­­­­­_________________ her sister.                  (tall)

2.          This chair is __________________________ that chair.     (comfortable)

3.          I am ____________________ a bear.              (hungry)

4.          The box is _____________________ that box.             (heavy)

Examples

The bag is heavy. The box is heavy, too.

The bag is as heavy as the box.

1.      May’s grades are good. Tom’s grades are good, too.

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2.      The yellow flower is beautiful. The blue flower is beautiful, too.

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用 as…….as 造出與下列各題同義的句子

A car is smaller than a bus.

A car isn’t as small as a bus.

1.      Good health is more important than money.

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2.      This room is beautiful than that room.

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Sentence Pattern Three

Comparative adjective and comparative adjective(重複比較級) Her English is getting better        and  better.

1.      The weather is getting___________________________.       (hot)

2.      Their family is getting __________________________.        (big)

3.      She was getting _____________________________________.  (angry)

Sentence Pattern Four

The comparative adjective, the comparative adjective (雙重比較級)   The harder        you study,        the more    you will learn.       .

The older he got, the happier he became.

他讀得越多他就學得更多

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When should we leave?

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(越快越好)

Sentence Pattern Five

A+     beV + superlative adjectives +      in places or groups Alaska  is    the largest state             in the United States. Tom     is   the most important player    in his team.

1.      London is _______________________ city in England. (big)

2.      John is __________________________ runner in the team. (fast)

3.      It is _____________________________ river in Taiwan. (beautiful)

4.      My room is _______________________ of the four bedrooms. (expensive)

5.      Sue is ________________________ of the five girls. ( old)

頻率副詞 Adverbs of Frequency

頻率副詞 Adverbs of Frequency

1.       頻率副詞顧名思義表示動作的次數與頻率。例如：always（總是）、often（常常）、sometimes（有時）、seldom（很少）、never（從不）、twice a week（一週兩次）等。通常以現在簡單式表達。

2.      頻率副詞通常置於一般動詞之前，be動詞、助動詞之後；片語頻率副詞通常置於句尾。例如：

l   She is always late for school.（她上課總是遲到。）

l   I often play tennis on weekends.（我時常在週末打網球。）

l   He never forgets his mother’s birthday.（他從沒忘記他母親的生日。）

3.      Sometimes 可放句中，句首，句尾。例如：

l   Sometimes I go to school by bus.

l   I sometimes go to school by bus.

l   I go to school by bus sometimes.

4.      Often 如果被quite, very 等副詞修飾時，則必須置於句尾。例如：

l   He often goes to the movies.

l   He goes to the movies very often.

5.      頻率副詞可以How often起首作問句。例如：

A: How often do you go to the movies?

B: We go to the movies twice a month.

Exercise

例：She is on time. (always) She is always on time.

1. May is nervous. (never)

2. Tim goes fishing. (quite often)

3. Sue eats breakfast. (usually)

4. He goes shopping. (once a week)

5. He takes a taxi to school. (rarely)

6. She studies in the library. (often)

7. Ken drinks tea in the morning. (seldom)

8. Tom goes to the movies alone. (sometimes)